M Guadalupe Rojas

Dr. Rojas' main expertise is in insect nutrition, nutritional ecology and the development of artificial diets for biological control agents and bait matrixes to control termites and ants. Between 1993 to 1998 she developed an artificial diet for the boll weevil parasitoid Catolaccus grandis. Between 1998 and 2004, she developed bait matrices for control of the Formosan subterranean termite and household ants, both of which were successfully commercialized by Ensystex and FMC, and still are sold...See more

Dr. Rojas' main expertise is in insect nutrition, nutritional ecology and the development of artificial diets for biological control agents and bait matrixes to control termites and ants. Between 1993 to 1998 she developed an artificial diet for the boll weevil parasitoid Catolaccus grandis. Between 1998 and 2004, she developed bait matrices for control of the Formosan subterranean termite and household ants, both of which were successfully commercialized by Ensystex and FMC, and still are sold world-wide. This work earned her the USDA-ARS technology transfer award and the Federal Laboratory Consortium regional excellence in technology transfer award in 2004. Since 2004, she has developed artificial diets for predatory mites and other insect predators and improved susceptibility of Tenebrio molitor to entomopathogenic nematodes. The work on the in-vivo production of entomopathogenic nematodes using T. molitor earned her the National Federal laboratory Consortium award of excellence in technology transfer in 2013. Dr. Rojas has produced a total of 99 publications and holds 12 patents, her current responsibilities include principal scientist on 3 different research agreements with 3 different companies including Syngenta Bioline, Kopert, and Monsanto. ". Dr. Rojas recently co-edited the book titled "Mass production of Beneficial Organisms" published in January 2014 by Elsevier. See less